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Mulka MP Yiniya Guyula resigns, cites CLP child laws

8/19/2026

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  • MP Yiniya Guyula (Mulka) resigned from NT Legislative Assembly, saying he can no longer sit opposite a government ‘not willing to listen.’
  • He condemned the Country Liberal Party (CLP) child-protection laws as dehumanising, destroying Aboriginal people, and passed ‘with no consultation.’
  • NT Labor MLA Chansey Paech said his loss harms Indigenous progress.
  • A Mulka election will be set.
  • Guyula said $4 million treaty funding was squandered.